Russia category: 2582 books

Russia has long been a source of puzzlement— and sometimes alarm—for Western observers. Since shaking off communism two decades ago, the country has seemed wobbly at best, thoroughly corrupt and threatening at worst. But in recent years, as noted scholar Daniel Treisman shows in this compelling...

An expert investigates Russia's long history of technological invention followed by commercial failure and points to new opportunities to break the pattern. When have you gone into an electronics store, picked up a desirable gadget, and found that it was labeled “Made in Russia”? Probably...

Welcome to the Making Money in Russia series: The key to a successful business is knowing your client. MAKING MONEY IN RUSSIA: RUSSIA COUNTRY GUIDE FOR BUSINESSES offers executives, investors, and entrepreneurs the need-to-know information about doing business in Russia. Written...

As the United States reassesses relations with Russia and develops doctrine that addresses a turbulent security environment, Dr. Richard J. Krickus addresses a brace of pivotal questions that have a bearing on the future of Vladimir Putin and his Power Vertical. Are Putin's days numbered as many Russian...

This important report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Comparing Soviet ties with Cuba and Sandinista-led Nicaragua during the Cold War to Russian ties with Cuba and Nicaragua today, this study finds that Russia's reengagement with former...

The nature of the Russian state and the economy it superintends raise more than academic questions, for if we understand the nature of the state and its subordinated economy, we can then form an accurate vision of what Russia's overall policy and strategy will be. We may say, euphemistically, that...

Today's Russia, also known as the Russian Federation, is often viewed as less powerful than the Soviet Union of the past. When stacked against other major nations in the present, however, the new Russia is a formidable if flawed player. Russia: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides fundamental information...

This important late 2017 report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. In the wake of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and subsequent military support to separatists fighting in Eastern Ukraine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)...

Welcome to the Making Money in Russia series: The key to a successful business is knowing the markets. MAKING MONEY IN RUSSIA: RUSSIA WHO’S WHO + BUSINESS CONTACTS offers executives, investors, and entrepreneurs the need-to-know information about doing business in Russia. Written...

This is a comprehensive compilation of breaking government reports and congressional testimony regarding the assessment of the U.S. intelligence community, including the CIA, FBI, and NSA, that Russia and Vladimir Putin engaged in cyber attacks and propaganda to influence the outcome of the 2016 Presidential...

This excellent report, professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, is concerned with the direction Russia will take over the next 20 years, its growing influence on the world scene, and the particular challenges it will present to the United States by 2030. The determination...

*Discusses the myths and legends surrounding the two rulers. .*Includes passages from Catherine's memoirs and letters she wrote to contemporaries like Voltaire and Diderot.Includes pictures depicting Peter, Catherine and important people, places and events in their lives. Includes a Bibliography of both...

"That Black Earth is an extraordinary work is, for anyone who has known Russia, beyond question."—George Kennan "A compassionate glimpse into the extremes where the new Russia meets the old," writes Robert Legvold (Foreign Affairs) about Andrew Meier's enthralling new...

This excellent 2018 report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Following its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has executed an information campaign that could fundamentally change its role on the international scene. Vladimir Putin, through his...